Jim Dodd

I fished some more Cherry out of the barn for gunwales, trim, more paddles, whatever and then stopped by the shop & flipped the canoe...

Good ! Thanks for putting my mind at ease ! I'd say you can relax about the bonding issues. I've always said when in doubt ? Test...

Flip the piece, glass side up, and test. That will test the bonding strength of the epoxy. You want to test the bonding ability, more...

Yes

Saturday 22nd outing. Leicester River flooded forest. Earliest I've ever been canoeing before, at least in Vermont. I was with a group...

Yeah not something I would try. Bonding depends on the make up of the paint. Back in the Polyester Resin days, I heard stories of...

Gunnels get a lot of stress, but paddles, the most, in my thinking. If Titebond III, has worked for others, on paddles, and gunnels ...

I've been on the titebond 3 express for a couple of years now. Last year, my students built over 30 paddles with it. this year we are...

I worry about developing sensitivity to epoxy so I'm extremely careful about skin contact (I seem to still get some) and use epoxy...

I have also felt that Titebond III, to be softer, and more difficult to sand. Yes, more flexible, so maybe good and bad. Just not...

If you are worried about developing or have sensitivity, then cleanup of any skin contact is also important ... the recommendation is to...

Thanks Glenn, for sharing that test ! Though it didn't make a comparison of water soaking, I still wonder, if say Titebond III, was...

I've been working on several projects, that involve Water Proof, Wood Glue, at the Wood Shop lately. Getting my hands coated with a...

At my age ? I use the paddles as walking sticks . Jim

My mentors always wedged the paddles under the front seat and on top of the thwart or tied them into place for a portage yoke. Fishing...